In XP, various versions, and Vista, various versions, I have always managed to figure out how to delete folders from the Program Files (and/or ProgramData). That part of your post, jim1475, might indicate a permissions situation that could be fixed. But I don't think I saw an indication of what OS you are running, nor do I know how permissions work in other Operating Systems other than the two I've noted here. Well, we don't want to go too far back in time, right. I'm familiar with the Trash80, but Avast wasn't around then. In fact, I still have a couple Trash80s.